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Posts about my HAM journey, life, and other randomness
Hams in the wild
This weekend, my son's Trail Life troop was camping at Chattahoochee Bend State Park. Since the focus was going to be bike riding, and I don't have a bike, I decided to bring my kayaks, and my ham radio. I was going to do some fishing while they were riding, and work...
ISS SSTV Time!
The ISS was broadcasting SSTV images again this week. The event doesn't officially end until 3:30 tomorrow morning, but there's no more passes between now and then that are close enough for most of North America to pick up, so its effectively over. I tried a few times...
10-4, 73, Over and out… sad hams…
Since my last post, I've been practicing and learning. I think I've figured out 99% of my radio. There's a few things I would do differently, but I'm not an electronics engineer, so maybe there's a specific reason why I have to access 2 different menu options to...
ISS, SSTV, ARISS, LMNOP
So many letters for so many different things... Before I obtained my ham radio license, I tried capturing SSTV images from the ISS. Just in case you're not familiar, the ISS is the International Space Station, and SSTV is Slow Scan Television. SSTV images are...
Yay for Yaesu!
Last week I ordered a new Yaesu FTM-150RASP. It delivered on the 14th, but I was away from home for a couple of days, so I had to be an adult and show some patience. This morning (2 days after delivery) I finally got to to come home and open it. I'm not really into...
I’m making contacts now!!
In my last post, I explained how I was frustrated with my lack of success making HF phone contacts and moved to digital. I thought that digital would be easy to hook up to make sure my equipment worked, and I was wrong. It took me a while, but I finally figured out...
First week in HF… all digital!
After waiting 15 days, my new G90 finally delivered. I've been using it for a week, and what an interesting week it has been. I have a lot to write about. I've had lots of successes, and a few failures, and I've learned a lot in just a week. I'll have to break it down...